Buy-Side Technology - 2007-01-01

FutureTrade 4.0

FutureTrade has launched V4.0 of its equities and options platform, which now includes DMA to equity markets as well as better integration of equity and options trading.

2007 PREVIEW: Great expectations

This year is set to be a definitive year for buy-side organisations on both sides of the Atlantic; MiFID awareness is clearly on the up as November 2007 draws inexorably closer, while the OTC credit and commodities markets still retain their lustre for…

JP Morgan completes BGI lift-out

JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has completed its outsourcing deal with Barclays Global Investors (BGI) for the majority of BGI's European business.

Execution management systems – Flying under the radar

Execution management systems (EMS) are not new on the buy side by any means – first generation EMSs started appearing on the market some 18 months ago, although simple execution management applications have been available for the past decade. But this…

Convergex offers new algos through OMS partners

BNY ConvergEx Group, the New York-based provider of agency brokerage and investment technology services, has integrated its Financial Engineering & Advanced Trading Solutions (FEATS) algorithmic trading tools with a number of OMS providers. Current…

Eisenhart: One more crystal ball

Welcome to the first edition of Buy Side Technology 's House Call column. In the coming months we will use this space to analyse issues impacting managers, their counterparties and their service providers based on what we see and hear.

OTC derivatives: innovation at a price

This year is likely to see the increased use of credit derivatives by buy-side institutions as traditional asset managers and hedge funds alike broaden their search for alpha. But as Jos Stoop points out, the back-office processing of these instruments…

Old Mutual's outsourcing deal with JP Morgan

Old Mutual Asset Managers (OMAM), the Cape Town based investment manager with $40 billion under management (September 2006), has contracted JP Morgan Worldwide Securities Services to manage its investment administration activities. The agreement covers…

Instinet looks north of the border

Instinet, the New York-based agency broker, intends to launch Instinet Canada Cross (ICX), an ATS that will operate as an e-auction market for the trading of Canadian exchange-listed securities. ICX, expected to launch early this year, will be operated…

FinAnalytica upgrades FoHF platform

FinAnalytica, a Seattle-based provider of risk management and portfolio construction analytics based on statistical finance methodologies, has released CognityFoF version 2.7. According to the vendor, buy-side users will now have their "own unique…

Buy side to reduce reliance on proprietary algos

A recently published Tabb Group report suggests that buy-side organisations are increasingly likely to source their  trading algorithms from third-party providers rather than develop them in-house. Stewart Eisenhart investigates 

SunGard tweaks lending platform

SunGard has enhanced the corporate actions processing capabilities of its Global One securities lending platform.

Cogency signs two more clients

New York-based Terrapin Asset Management and a $2 billion unnamed Californian investment firm have become the fourth and fifth signings for Cogency Software's Insight fund of hedge funds platform since the Burlingame, CA-based vendor shifted its…

JP Morgan gets modern

Modern Asset Management, the Delaware-based investment adviser and subsidiary of Modern Financial, has signed with JP Morgan Managed Account Solutions for middle- and back-office support for its separately managed and unified managed accounts programs…

Miletus reveals CRD hook-up

Miletus Trading, a New York-based agency brokerage, has integrated its algorithmic Strategy Engines and Trade Impact Estimator offerings with the Charles River IMS.

DTCC partners with CLS bank for OTC settlement

The DTCC has selected CLS Bank to provide central settlement of payments for OTC derivatives contracts housed in DTCC Deriv/Serv's Trade Information Warehouse. The collaboration – initially supporting only credit derivatives – will be extended to other…

Netik eyes buy side with Asset Manager launch

Netik, the New York-based provider of data warehouse technology and services, has unveiled Netik Asset Manager, an off-the-shelf application designed to sit on top of its Netik InterView data warehouse.

Euro funds can learn from US

A recent Reuters and Greenwich Associates report shows that European mutual funds significantly trail their US counterparts when it comes to the consumption and use of pricing and reference data. But as Max Bowie explains, this trend is not likely to…

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